Popup Window Like Malware

Pop up some message windows to your friend's screen while they are using their PC!

Mobile repo here

Features:

• Send messages to any connected client.
• Messages appear as popup windows on the client's screen.

Installation:

1. Auto setup server.py on your home server with a single command:

   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Spec-DY/popup-window/main/server/setup.sh | bash

2. Download client in Release for Windows, Ubuntu or Android
3. Enter your server IP address in client end (only required by first time).

Update server:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Spec-DY/popup-window/main/server/update.sh | bash

Manual Setup

Persistent server.py

You can set up server.py to run as a systemd service. This will ensure that the server restarts automatically in case of an accidental close or machine restart.

Steps to Set Up server.py as a systemd Service

1. Create the systemd Service File: Define the service configuration.
2. Enable and Start the Service: Enable the service to start at boot and start it immediately.

Step 1: Create the systemd Service File

Create a new service file for your server. You can do this by creating a file in the /etc/systemd/system/directory. For example, create a file named popup.service:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/popup.service

Add the following content to the file:

[Unit]
Description=Popup Server
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /path/to/your/server.py
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/your/working/directory
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
User=yourusername
StandardOutput=append:/var/log/popup.log
StandardError=append:/var/log/popup.log

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Replace /path/to/your/server.py with the actual path to your server.py actual path. For me this is: /home/specdy/popup-window/server.py.
Replace /path/to/your/working/directory with the directory where your server should run. For me this is: /home/specdy/popup-window.
Replace yourusername with actual username.

Step 2: Enable and Start the Service

Reload the systemd manager configuration to recognize the new service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable popup.service
sudo systemctl start popup.service
sudo systemctl status popup.service

You should see output indicating that the service is active and running.

Note:

• You can change the host ip address in ip_address.txt after first use.
• Right click icon in system tray after minimized.
• ip_address.txt is located in C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\annoybox\
• When clients receive message, it will be automatically copied to clipboard.